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PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 451, Issue 3, Pages 479-488Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1480-9
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potassium channel; NaPi-2a; aquaporin-2 (AQP-2); low phosphate diet; proximal tubule; collecting duct
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 56248] Funding Source: Medline
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Renal distribution and function of TWIK-1, a member of the two-pore-domain potassium channel family, was studied in mouse kidney. TWIK-1 is expressed in apical and subapical localizations of proximal tubule and cytoplasmic sites of thin and thick ascending limbs, distal convoluted tubules and medullary collecting duct. Studies in mice lacking intact TWIK-1 (twik-1-/-) and wild-type mice ( twik-1+/+) revealed an attenuated ability to increase renal phosphate ( Pi) reabsorption and stabilize plasma Pi concentration in response to a low Pi diet in twik-1-/- mice. Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry for the electrogenic 3Na(+)1HPO(4)(2-) cotransporter NaPi-2a revealed a reduced renocortical expression in twik-1-/- mice under these conditions. Under normal diet, twik-1-/- mice presented lower urinary flow rates. Acute pharmacologic blockade of the vasopressin V-2-receptor revealed both an attenuated diuretic response and an attenuated internalization of aquaporin-2 in the inner medullary collecting duct in twik-1-/- versus +/+ mice. In summary, mice deficient for TWIK-1 presented impaired regulation of (i) Pi transport in proximal tubule and (ii) water transport in medullary collecting duct. TWIK-1 may contribute to membrane trafficking/expression of transport molecules in proximal tubule and medullary collecting duct, and possibly other renal sites of expression.
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